Supporting Gender Equality in Rural Cameroon Project

Location

Cameroon: Buea

Program Summary

Objectives
Enhancing women's rights and supporting their access to land in rural villages of Fako District.

Strategy
We are starting with three villages - Tole, Ekona and Bwatingi - to set up the project and ensure our strategies are appropriate and effective in the context. We will determine what practices work best and then use a network approach to expand to other villages. We will bring women from villages where the project is established to new villages to share their experiences and knowledge with the new community.

Goals
1. Rural women are organized in networks and are aware on their rights and entitlements.
2. Community members understand and comply with legal framework regarding women access to the land.
3. Women land titling registration property increased.

Activities
1. Conducting research to identify gaps that prevent women from claiming their rights
2. Liaise with other organizations and institutions that work with gender issues in Buea.
3. Training of four Communitarian Promoters in ...

Program Summary

Objectives
Enhancing women's rights and supporting their access to land in rural villages of Fako District.

Strategy
We are starting with three villages - Tole, Ekona and Bwatingi - to set up the project and ensure our strategies are appropriate and effective in the context. We will determine what practices work best and then use a network approach to expand to other villages. We will bring women from villages where the project is established to new villages to share their experiences and knowledge with the new community.

Goals
1. Rural women are organized in networks and are aware on their rights and entitlements.
2. Community members understand and comply with legal framework regarding women access to the land.
3. Women land titling registration property increased.

Activities
1. Conducting research to identify gaps that prevent women from claiming their rights
2. Liaise with other organizations and institutions that work with gender issues in Buea.
3. Training of four Communitarian Promoters in each village
4. Workshops on land rights, certificates, capacity building, self-confidence, gender issues
5. Inter-village assembly between women (Tole-Ekona Assembly)
6. Celebration of the Women's Day
7. Communitarian assemblies - meetings to sensitize community members on gender issues
8. Legal advising for Land Certificate, Birth Certificate, Marriage Certificate
9. Advocating to bring about policy and practice changes with regards to land management and allocation

Program Highlights

1. Conducting research to identify gaps that prevent women from claiming their rights
2. Liaise with other organizations and institutions that work with gender issues in Buea.
3. Training of four Communitarian Promoters in each village
4. Workshops on land rights, certificates, capacity building, self-confidence, gender issues
5. Inter-village assembly between women (Tole-Ekona Assembly)